WHat is the pysche of someone who hits a dog in the road?

Question

I was unfortunate to witness such a thing the other day and have it burned into my memory. I won't go into the details (no gore, but it was weird).

The guy drove off in front of god and everyone. He didn't even seem to care that the dog was 20 ft in front of him. Although, he was older and might have had vision problems?

I don'tknow, but it was very painful and keep scomign back to me. Why would someone just drive off, even in embarrassment? More importantly, why didn't he stop?

I still can't believe my eyes.

when i say 20 ft in front of him, i mean before the accident. Seems that he could have prevented it

Well, he wasn't going very fast, he had just eased onto the road from a side road. The dog was standing still in the middle of the road looking around when the man slowly accelerated for about 5 seconds from I'd say 3 to 15 mph when he hit the dog. It was a big dog. Had it been a rock, the car would have been messed up bad. I remember the owners chasing the dogs, I think they got lose while two women were walking them when the one got hit.

The road they were on had no traffic but that one man, due it's closure. He was leaving his neighborhood. I was on the seperate side of the road in an eternal traffic jam (construction ahead).

I'm thinking the man was too old to see it, but then should he be driving? It could have easily been a child - it was a large dog.

Answer 1

If someone purposefully runs down an animal, that is not right. That being said, it is a fact that animals are going to die on roads. Wildlife is hit every day. Usually it is the smaller animals that get killed, but deer, moose, bears and elk have all been known to be hit also.

If you have a pet, the ultimate responsibility falls on you to protect that animal. Keep your pet confined (fenced yard) or on a leash.

As to a driver not stopping when they hit an animal, many do not want to incur the wrath of the irresponsible pet owner, nor do they want to incur expenses for care for the animal. Even though the owner is responsible for their pet, the irresponsible pet owner will not only not admit that, they most likely will try to sue the driver for the vet bills!

Answer 2

Well, there are numerous possibilites and answers. Depending on exactly the situation, maybe the driver couldn't see the dog when he was driving, maybe he was in a blindspot, such as his side view mirrors were obscuring the dog. Where it actullay took place and the speed limit of the road was should also be taken into account as well. I can't say too much about why he didn't stop, but how many people do stop, after all, if you stop right in the middle of the road, the drivers behind him may not be expecting such a sudden brake and may have caused a much more devasting accident than just the dog being roadkilled. However, I think the question that should be asked is "What is the pysche of someone who lets their dog loose?" If you think about it, none of it would happen if the owner was careful enough to make the extra precautionary measures to ensure that their dog would not run away.

Answer 3

Depends what country you're in. In the UK The Highway Code states that you should not slow down or take evasive action if an animal runs out in front of your vehicle (at least it did when I was learning to drive!), and to keep driving.

Perhaps you should really be asking the question why was the dog in the road and not under control?

May seem harsh, but the Dog's owner should bare responsiblity here, in my view.

Answer 4

It is unbelievable, I know, that someone would WANT to kill an animal and even go out of their way to hit one with their car, but it does happen.

But there is some karma, as I heard of one story where a man was driving at night, thought he saw a dog on the road, anf for a bit of "sport" he aimed his car to hit the dog, but the "dog" turned out to be a huge ROCK that had fallen off a truck and it ripped the guts out of his car! Yahoo!

Whenever I think of these maggots driving to kill animals like my little Missy (hit right outside my home in broad daylight, died in my arms), I get comfort from this story, that karma will get them somehow, even if only to their car.

The other thing that worries me, is that homicidal "maniacs" usually have a history of hurting & killing defenceless animals for sport first, then progressing to hurting kids & then killing adults..... I think there is a clear case of psychotic personalities when people kill defenceless animals, driving or otherwise...

Answer 5

I witnessed almost the same thing. The guy who hit the dog was quite far away from his car but he didn't slow down and hit it. Had to carry the bleeding dog in my arms to the hospital. He couldn't survive. I wish I had noted down the car's number when he did that heinous act. But I was too busy worrying about the dog than that @sshole. Such people are sick, with no remorse or conscience. They are psychics..